Academic Reading
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Jasper, R.C.D. & Cuming, G.J. (1990). "Ch. 29: John Calvin: The Form of Church Prayers 1542." (pp. 213-218). In Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed. 3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press. (Personal Library)
In 1538, having been expelled from Geneva, Calvin went to Strasbourg, where he became an associate of Martin Bucer (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 213). The following year, Calvin prepared a service book in French, closely following Bucer's work. Calvin's work then, after 1542, became the standard in Geneva, upon his return. Jasper and Cuming categorize Luther, Zwingli, and Calvin together as "hostile to the medieval Roman mass" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 213). While Calvin's ideal was to bring the Eucharist weekly, he never overcame the community's desire to celebrate it only quarterly.
For Calvin's view of the presence of Christ in the eucharist, Jasper and Cuming refer to Bucer's work. Because the risen Lord is locally in heaven, Calvin considered the body of Christ not to be present in the eucharist (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 213). Rather, it was received spiritually through the communicant's activity of lifting his heart to heaven (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 214).
In Calvin's liturgy, the prayer of intercession was moved from the Eucharist and placed after the sermon, before the Lord's prayer and the Apostles' Creed (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 214). The "Eucharistic Prayer" "was in fact not a prayer addressed to God but an exhortation addressed to the congregation" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 214).
After a brief bibliography (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 215), Jasper and Cuming provide an English version of the eucharistic portions of Calvin's liturgy.
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Jasper, R.C.D. & Cuming, G.J. (1990). "Ch. 29: John Calvin: The Form of Church Prayers 1542." (pp. 213-218). In Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed. 3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press. (Personal Library)
In 1538, having been expelled from Geneva, Calvin went to Strasbourg, where he became an associate of Martin Bucer (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 213). The following year, Calvin prepared a service book in French, closely following Bucer's work. Calvin's work then, after 1542, became the standard in Geneva, upon his return. Jasper and Cuming categorize Luther, Zwingli, and Calvin together as "hostile to the medieval Roman mass" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 213). While Calvin's ideal was to bring the Eucharist weekly, he never overcame the community's desire to celebrate it only quarterly.
For Calvin's view of the presence of Christ in the eucharist, Jasper and Cuming refer to Bucer's work. Because the risen Lord is locally in heaven, Calvin considered the body of Christ not to be present in the eucharist (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 213). Rather, it was received spiritually through the communicant's activity of lifting his heart to heaven (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 214).
In Calvin's liturgy, the prayer of intercession was moved from the Eucharist and placed after the sermon, before the Lord's prayer and the Apostles' Creed (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 214). The "Eucharistic Prayer" "was in fact not a prayer addressed to God but an exhortation addressed to the congregation" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 214).
After a brief bibliography (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 215), Jasper and Cuming provide an English version of the eucharistic portions of Calvin's liturgy.
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